Jimmy awoke with a start. He must have fallen asleep while he was studying. He scrambled to pick up the ringing phone. "Hello?"
"Jimmy! Thank god you picked up," Spin's voice said from the other end.
"Spin? What's wrong, what's going on, man?"
"Jimmy, it's Marco. He fell off the edge of a cliff. He's hanging on by a thread."
"Dude, that's not funny," Jimmy said, thinking Spinner was lying.
"No, I'm serious."
"Quit playin' around."
"Dude, I'm not. I'm right here at the cliff. Get help!"
Jimmy wouldn't have believed him if it hadn't been for Marco screaming loud enough for the sound to reach the phone.
"You ARE serious! Man, I'll get some help. You call the police," He hung up the phone. Then dialed another number. He had to get ahold of Marco's parents.
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Back at the cliff, Spinner hung up the phone and as he dialed the police, he said to Marco, "Jimmy's getting help. Are you still hanging on?"
"No, Spin! I'm not! I've fallen and your too late. Yes, Spin! I'm still hanging on!!"
"Woah! Sorry if I offended you," he replied in disgust.
Spinner listened to the phone ring waiting for someone to pick up. Finally, someone answered.
"Hello? My friend...He fell off the edge of a cliff. He's still hanging on, but I can't reach him. Yeah, we're at the beach, near the water. Somewhere toward the western end of the beach, I think. Thanks. Please hurry,"
Spinner hung up the phone for a second time and laid down at the edge of the cliff. He tried to reach his arms down to Marco again. Marco struggled to grab onto him without falling.
"Come on, Marco. You can do it. Just reach...a little...farther," Spin said in an atempt at encouragement.
Marco grunted as he slowly removed one hand from the rock and reached up toward Spinner. He grabbed on just in time as the rock gave way and fell down to the earth.
Now, Marco was holding onto Spin's arm with one hand and he moved his other hand to grab onto Spin's other arm. His feet dangled in midair as he hung suspended only by Spinner who was slowly being pulled toward the edge as well, now.
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Marco's parents sped across the road. They were over the speed limit, racing to get to Marco in time. They parked the beach as close as they could to where Jimmy said Marco would be. Then, hurried out of the car, Marco's parents and Jimmy, and they scrambled up the tall cliff. As they reached the top, they were just in time to see Spin's feet slipping over the edge of the cliff.
"Who here needs help?" A voice said from behind them. It was the police.
Jimmy was silent and Marco's parents shivered as they looked over the edge of the cliff to see Spinner hanging on for dear life to a branch that jutted out from the side of the cliff. But where was Marco?
"Jimmy! Thank god you picked up," Spin's voice said from the other end.
"Spin? What's wrong, what's going on, man?"
"Jimmy, it's Marco. He fell off the edge of a cliff. He's hanging on by a thread."
"Dude, that's not funny," Jimmy said, thinking Spinner was lying.
"No, I'm serious."
"Quit playin' around."
"Dude, I'm not. I'm right here at the cliff. Get help!"
Jimmy wouldn't have believed him if it hadn't been for Marco screaming loud enough for the sound to reach the phone.
"You ARE serious! Man, I'll get some help. You call the police," He hung up the phone. Then dialed another number. He had to get ahold of Marco's parents.
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Back at the cliff, Spinner hung up the phone and as he dialed the police, he said to Marco, "Jimmy's getting help. Are you still hanging on?"
"No, Spin! I'm not! I've fallen and your too late. Yes, Spin! I'm still hanging on!!"
"Woah! Sorry if I offended you," he replied in disgust.
Spinner listened to the phone ring waiting for someone to pick up. Finally, someone answered.
"Hello? My friend...He fell off the edge of a cliff. He's still hanging on, but I can't reach him. Yeah, we're at the beach, near the water. Somewhere toward the western end of the beach, I think. Thanks. Please hurry,"
Spinner hung up the phone for a second time and laid down at the edge of the cliff. He tried to reach his arms down to Marco again. Marco struggled to grab onto him without falling.
"Come on, Marco. You can do it. Just reach...a little...farther," Spin said in an atempt at encouragement.
Marco grunted as he slowly removed one hand from the rock and reached up toward Spinner. He grabbed on just in time as the rock gave way and fell down to the earth.
Now, Marco was holding onto Spin's arm with one hand and he moved his other hand to grab onto Spin's other arm. His feet dangled in midair as he hung suspended only by Spinner who was slowly being pulled toward the edge as well, now.
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Marco's parents sped across the road. They were over the speed limit, racing to get to Marco in time. They parked the beach as close as they could to where Jimmy said Marco would be. Then, hurried out of the car, Marco's parents and Jimmy, and they scrambled up the tall cliff. As they reached the top, they were just in time to see Spin's feet slipping over the edge of the cliff.
"Who here needs help?" A voice said from behind them. It was the police.
Jimmy was silent and Marco's parents shivered as they looked over the edge of the cliff to see Spinner hanging on for dear life to a branch that jutted out from the side of the cliff. But where was Marco?